diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VastwoodHydra.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VastwoodHydra.java
index cef0107e134..40f074c956c 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VastwoodHydra.java
+++ b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/cards/v/VastwoodHydra.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public final class VastwoodHydra extends CardImpl {
 
         // When Vastwood Hydra dies, you may distribute a number of +1/+1 counters equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on Vastwood Hydra among any number of creatures you control.
         Ability ability = new DiesSourceTriggeredAbility(new VastwoodHydraDistributeEffect(), true);
-        ability.addTarget(new TargetCreaturePermanentAmount(new CountersSourceCount(CounterType.P1P1), filter));
+        ability.addTarget(new TargetCreaturePermanentAmount(new CountersSourceCount(CounterType.P1P1), filter).withNotTarget(true));
         this.addAbility(ability);
     }